BARCELONA outcast Philippe Coutinho has been offered to AC Milan, Roma and Lazio following a poor three-year stint at the Nou Camp.
That's according to La Repubblica, who report that Coutinho's influential agent Kia Joorabchian is asking around Italy in his bid to find his client a new club.
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However, Milan, Roma and Lazio are all unable to afford the former Liverpool star's current wage demands, which are in the region of €12million (£10m).
Lazio are reportedly open to having the attacking midfielder but are facing some significant financial hurdles during the summer transfer window.
Coutinho became Barcelona's record signing in 2018 when he pushed for a move to the Catalan giants from Liverpool for a fee in the region of £146m.
The Brazil international was prolific at Anfield as he registered a total of 54 goals and 45 assists in 201 appearances.
The LaLiga giants were hoping that he was the one to succeed Neymar, who had just left for Paris Saint-Germain.
However, the 29-year-old has since failed to replicate his Premier League success at Barca as he's only managed 23 goals and 14 assists in 90 appearances across all competitions.
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The Brazilian quickly fell down the pecking order and was even sent out on loan to Bayern Munich in 2019.
But Coutinho couldn't manage to convince Bayern to sign him either and thus returned to Catalonia a year later.
The former Inter Milan star hasn't made it into Ronald Koeman's plans and is highly likely to be offloaded while the Blaugrana are trying to reduce salary payments.
In fact, Barcelona have become so desperate to sell him that they are even willing to do business for a significant cut price of £43m.
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